Urbanization, Urban Sustainability and the Future of Cities

by B. Bhattacharya

Overview

Pathogenic microorganisms affecting plant health are a major and chronic threat to food production and ecosystem stability worldwide. As agricultural production intensified over the past few decades, producers became more and more dependent on agrochemicals as a relatively reliable method of crop protection helping with economic stability of their operations. However, increasing use of chemical inputs causes several negative effects, i.e., development of pathogen resistance to the applied agents and their non target environmental impacts. Furthermore, the growing cost of pesticides, particularly in less affluent regions of the world, and consumer demand for pesticide-free food has led to a search for substitutes for these products. The book covers holistic information on bio control management of fungal, bacterial, nematode and insect pests of economically important plants. The book will be useful to all students and researchers in plant pathology, microbial ecology, mycology, botany and agriculture. Contents: introduction; introduction to Plant Diseases; Diseases of Cucurbits; Plant Diseases Development and Management; A Plant Disease Primer; identifying Lawn Fungal Diseases; Diseases Caused by Fungi; Damping Off; Diseases Caused by Bacteria; important Pest&Diseases of Potato and their Management; Disease Causing Agents in Plants-Symptoms and Control.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789355940247
Publisher:	Concept Publishing Company Pvt. Ltd.
Publication date:	06/30/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

B. Bhattacharya, educated at Calcutta University and (as Commonwealth Scholar) at the London School of Economics and Political Science. B. Bhattacharya has consistently pursued a career of teaching and research, having taught in many institutes, including Gauhati University (Assam), Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur IIT, W. Bengal), Presidency College (Kolkata), and the University of North Bengal (W. Bengal), at the last of which he had been a Senior Professor as well as the Dean of the Faculty of Science. His research in Geography spans a large area with publications in academic journals in India and abroad, and number of books including Samaj Binaniya Bhugol (Social Geography in Bengali) jointly with A. Bhattacharya published by the West Bengal Government, Urban Development in India Since Pre-Historic Times (New Delhi), Sikkim Land and People (New Delhi), and Geography of a Himalayan Kingdom: Bhutan, in joint authorship with A. Bhattacharya and Neil Fraser.